Richard McWhorter
Birth Name:
Richard Fraser McWhorter
Birth Place:
Houston, Texas, United States
Profession
Assistant director, Production manager, Producer
Fast Facts
- Started out as a messenger boy at Columbia Pictures in 1933 and went on to work in the scripts and locations departments
- Best known as an assistant director and production manager who worked on "Mr․ Smith Goes to Washington," "The Rose Tattoo" and "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid․"
- Often worked with legendary directors King Vidor, Frank Capra and Cecil B․ DeMille
- Founded the Studio Process Body Co․ in 1944, which rented car and truck bodies to film studios for close-up scenes
- Attended one of the first meetings that led to the formation of the Screen Directors Guild, later called the Directors Guild of America, in 1936 and joined the guild as a first assistant director the following year